Scott Rolen, right with Jay Bruce, always had a presence in the clubhouse, which is certainly missed. But the Reds' bigger problem appears to be the inconsistency of the offense. Enquirer file

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The last time Walt Jocketty went looking for Scott Rolen, Rolen was on a family vacation to Mackinac Island. Jocketty's search was purely social. He was in Louisville, watching the Bats. Rolen lives just across the Ohio, in Indiana. Jocketty figured he'd catch up with his erstwhile third baseman, clubhouse king and leader in all things intangible.

The fact he didn't had no meaning beyond the symbolic and metaphorical: